Kimchi...what to eat with?

I have been eating sauerkraut for awhile and would like to try some more fermented foods. I noticed a variety of Kimchi available by the sauerkraut at my Vitamin Cottage. What is good to eat with kimchi???how do you eat it? Is it good?

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You've hit the motherload! Oh yum yum Kimchi! Just pull it out of your fridge, put some in a bowl, or throw the container on the table, and go to town. It's good with eggs, all proteins, make cauliflower fried rice and toss some in with some of the juice for flavour, make Kimchi Jigae, especially with the weather getting cooler, and just take out what you're not eating right now Paleo-wise. Make little tacos out of lettuce leaves, fill with a protein, a few crunchy veggies, top with the Kimchi. Roast a big sweet potato, split, top with Kimchi, garlic, scallion. Make an Asian style chicken salad with cucumber or daikon Kimchi, or the cabbage. So many things you can do!

About the only thing I wouldn't do with this fermented tastiness is add to a smoothie or an ice cream. Have fun!

when i worked as a teenager at an asian caterer owned by japanese hawaiians, my favorite meal was kimchi, kahlua pig and rice. if no kahlua pig was around, i'd eat it with kelp flakes and seed over the rice. nowadays i eat it with EVERYTHING.

Edit: just picked up a fresh bottle of kimchee so I can have with my liver tonight. #itdontgetmuchbetter

Most kimchis sold in Korean stores have MSG. They clearly state so although it's in small print so may be hard to catch. Also, there are some home-made kimchi brands out there with scruffy labels that do not list MSG, but these tend to be sloppy when disclosing full ingredients. Many also put cane sugar into certain types of kimchi. I would not be surprised if HFCS was used as well.

My suggestion: eat kimchi only if you can be sure it was made using organic or natural ingredients. There is one brand that's sold in Fairway's here that seems to be 100% organic based on the ingredients disclosed: it's called Soonja's Kimchi. The rest, I'm not so sure about.

It's delicious! At least I think so...I make my own, or buy it from a local friend's company, and eat it with anything from an egg scramble to stirfry to sausage and beyond...kind of like a side salad and a tasty condiment all in one!